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A couple of interesting articles I ran across, both originally from the Los Angeles Times.

One is on intergenerational care centers.

The other is a doctor's thoughts on homelessness and its social and medical costs to both homeless individuals and to the wider society. This is the quote that struck me the most:

"If a disease emerged that struck hundreds of thousands of people and killed its victims at an average age of 48, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would jump to attention and commit enormous resources to curing it. The National Institutes of Health would grant millions of dollars for research. Scientists who developed effective treatments would rightly be celebrated.

A disease like this does exist: homelessness. Its cure is widely available and even cost-saving. Studies show that one homeless person can cost a community hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in medical and legal expenses."